During my Badger Boycott the past 2 years, I went to over 20 games. It's very good hockey considering most of them are mid to late teens. The USHL has become a "younger" league compared to the days when I was involved in hockey. At one time, you finished high school or Tier 1, THEN went to the USHL, THEN college as a 20 y/o freshman.

Today, as young as Bantam and Midget age kids (15, 16, 17+) are playing, with less playing at 19 or 20*. A good example of this is Craig Smith who left Madison LaFollette High School (a traditional horrible hockey program) after his sophomore season (2005?) to play for Waterloo.

*I don't have stats to support this; I'm going by the rosters I read in the game programs.

I'll continue to go to Capitol's games to support the program when Bucky's out of town.

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The Rock - Kessel 2020. "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." Vince Lombardi"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man; free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case, my enemy is a varmint....and a varmint will never quit...ever. They're like Viet Cong...Varmint Cong, so you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower...and that's all she wrote. Au revoir, gopher."Karl Spackler 1980

During my Badger Boycott the past 2 years, I went to over 20 games. It's very good hockey considering most of them are mid to late teens.

I'll continue to go to Capitol's games to support the program when Bucky's out of town.

You are 100% correct that it is Great hockey.

I had season tickets to the Badgers when I lived back in Benton, but moved to Cedar Rapids in '05. I have been going and working (Off Ice Official) for the Roughriders. The caliber of players in this league is top notch and you are seeing it in the past few NHL drafts. I highly recommend checking out the league if the Badgers are out of town.

Ben Helgeson, 2000 born Forward out of Hill-Murray, has committed to Wisconsin.

Pulling a young lad out of the darkside, I love it. I just hope they can sprinkle in some high end Canadians in the future, though I understand right now G2O's connections are more US based than Canadian.

I can't seem to find "The List" (did you say list?) of recruits G2O has landed since they hit the recruiting trail; right up to Ben Helgeson. The spreadsheet is awesome in it's own right, but just a list of commits since late March.

Thanks!

The Rock - Kessel 2020. "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." Vince Lombardi"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man; free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case, my enemy is a varmint....and a varmint will never quit...ever. They're like Viet Cong...Varmint Cong, so you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower...and that's all she wrote. Au revoir, gopher."Karl Spackler 1980

I can't seem to find "The List" (did you say list?) of recruits G2O has landed since they hit the recruiting trail; right up to Ben Helgeson. The spreadsheet is awesome in it's own right, but just a list of commits since late March.

Thanks!

I do have post April commits listed on the spreadsheet listed with an exclamation point before their name if that helps.

I do have post April commits listed on the spreadsheet listed with an exclamation point before their name if that helps.

It does, thanks for pointing that out! *embarrassed*

The Rock - Kessel 2020. "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." Vince Lombardi"License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man; free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case, my enemy is a varmint....and a varmint will never quit...ever. They're like Viet Cong...Varmint Cong, so you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower...and that's all she wrote. Au revoir, gopher."Karl Spackler 1980